"Sister, sister, there is a letter from brother-in-law, here, here..." Xiao Changle ran over to Xiangcheng holding a letter.
Xiangcheng, who was bored and staring out the window, felt happy and quickly stood up to greet him. Changle urged: "Open it quickly and take a look to see what my brother-in-law said and whether he mentioned me."
Xiangcheng quickly read the thick letter, feeling a little relieved from the depression in his heart. He was moved to read it again, and finally smiled.
The sister next to him was so anxious that Changle almost grabbed the letter, "Oh, sister, what did the brother-in-law say? I can't read all the words, otherwise I won't wait for you to read it. Don't just smile and say nothing. .”
Xiangcheng came back to his senses, hugged his sister and sat on the sofa, "I can't read the entire letter to you. You are a child and can't understand it. Just read the part that is related to you."
"Is Little Changle getting fat again? Tell her to stop stealing things from the imperial kitchen. If she continues like this, she will catch up with Qingque. Also, if you are greedy for sweets, you will lose your teeth..."
Xiao Changle's mouth was like a little duck, and he retorted dissatisfiedly: "Where can people steal things? It's all because the people in the imperial kitchen are too enthusiastic. If I don't take it, it seems unfriendly to the people... Also, who wants to follow? Just like the fourth brother, I will not be as fat as him, brother-in-law is talking nonsense."
Xiangcheng laughed so hard that his stomach ached, was he close to the people? How old are you to know how to be close to the people? If you are greedy, you are just greedy. It makes so much sense.
"It took so long for you to write to me, but youzhou is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, and you can't use the imperial court's express channels of eight hundred miles. One month is enough to send the letter privately. Think about it, why? How about a reply to him? Changle, do you have anything to say to your brother-in-law?"
Xiao Changle said happily: "I have it, I have it, I want to write it to him myself."
"You? You only know a few words. Can he understand the letter you wrote?" Xiangcheng expressed doubts.
But Xiao Changle was extremely confident and insisted on completing the reply by himself, "Brother-in-law will definitely be able to understand it. And what I write is all secret. Sister is not allowed to peek."
"Okay, okay, but you are not allowed to ask for food from him. He is thousands of miles away, helpless and no one to take care of him... That's wrong! Why didn't he mention a word about Shengnan? Didn't he mean that Shengnan secretly left home? Run away and follow him to Youzhou?"
Thinking of this, Xiangcheng snorted angrily: "This bad guy still wants to hide it from me, does he think I don't know? I want to reply to him and see how he explains to me? He lied to me and said he wouldn't let me follow him. , Afraid that I would suffer, it turns out that they disliked me as a burden, so they didn’t take me with them, so they took Shengnan with them..."
Xiao Changle, who didn't mind watching the excitement, even agreed with Gong Huo, "Yes, yes, yes, we condemn him and ask him why he didn't bring me and my sister with him."
It's over, it's foreseeable that Xiao Rui offended two girls at once. If he had admitted it openly, maybe Xiangcheng wouldn't be so angry. But does he dare? After admitting Li Shengnan, what about Wei Yanran? Dare you say it? I am afraid that Xiangcheng will enter Youzhou as soon as possible.
After settling down, he ordered people to send a letter to Chang'an quickly to report that it was safe. Xiao Rui was also busy. The horse administration in Youzhou was indeed a big problem.
The lack of conditions for raising horses is secondary. The key is that this place is intricately entangled and entangled with many forces. If you want to do things honestly, you will be hampered, let alone concentrate on horse politics. Someone is behind the scenes, let alone two years, ten years. Don't even think about raising a cavalry.
Youzhou has been the territory of the Central Plains dynasty since ancient times, with the Eastern Yi, the Southern Barbarians, the Western Rong and the Beidi, and the northeast belongs to the Yi and Di tribes. From the barbaric land of the pre-Qin Dynasty to the prosperous Youzhou of the Han Dynasty, the most famous one is Baima, one of the heroes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. General Gongsun Zan.
Gongsun Zan made his fortune in Youzhou, dominated Liaodong, and controlled the four states. In the end, he was accidentally defeated by Yuan Shao.
The administrative seat of Youzhou was Zhuojun, which was later known as Beiping. But Liaodong was later part of Liaoning and Jilin.
Unfortunately, when the Tang Dynasty was first established, it did not recover all the territory in Liaodong. It only reached the vicinity of Zhuojun, with Anle County (Chengde) in the north and Liucheng County (Jinzhou) in the east. Further north is the Khitan tribe, and to the east is the territory of Goguryeo.
In the Youzhou Governor's Mansion, Xiao Rui, who was studying behind closed doors, directly overturned the table, "The gestation period of a war horse is 11 months, and the foal is weaned at 6 months. In other words, in two years, even if we have a pasture to raise horses safely, If you engage in horse administration, you can only harvest one batch of new horses?"
"Not to mention that now we don't even have a decent pasture, and we are still playing horsey politics. Are you kidding me?"
The two men sent by Chai Shao, Wen and Wu, did not dare to argue. They all knew that this prince-in-law was His Majesty's favorite. If he dared to criticize Your Majesty behind your back, it was a family matter, and we outsiders did not dare to interfere.
Chai Shao's eldest son Chai Zhewei is thirteen years old. As Chai Shao said, this boy admires Xiao Rui very much, so he follows Xiao Rui for a few days, obeys his instructions, and does whatever he is told. Xiao Rui saw this kid on the road and was happy to guide him.
At this time, like a good student, Chai Zhewei asked puzzledly: "Brother-in-law, since there is no solution to this problem, why did my uncle only give you two years? Couldn't you have given me more time?"
Xiao Rui stroked his younger brother's head and sighed: "Oh, you don't understand! The Tang Dynasty raised horses for war and to avenge shame. The Jieli of the northern Turks had 200,000 cavalry like hungry wolves. If the Tang Dynasty were all infantry, It’s a big disadvantage. There must be a cavalry that dares to fight. In order to train the cavalry, His Majesty even took the lead in setting up horses in the palace every day and allowed the cavalry to practice cavalry shooting in the square of Taiji Palace.”
"Brother-in-law, it's never too late for a man to take revenge. When we become stronger, we will have plenty of time to take revenge, right?"
ten years? In ten years, the Tang Dynasty became powerful, so maybe the Turks would become stronger too?
Thinking of this, Xiao Rui suddenly remembered, no, history records that in the fourth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, they attacked the Turks from the north and won a great victory. They even captured Jieli alive and directly destroyed Jieli's eastern half of the Turkic forces. From then on, the Tang Dynasty dominated the world. , Li Ercai was revered as Tian Khan.
So why do you get stuck in a small horse administration? Does Li Er have any other back-ups?
Thinking of this, Xiao Rui breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, he didn't have so much pressure in Youzhou and could just play as he pleased. You may not really want to raise a horse, but you just agreed to something with Da Sinong.
Wei Yanran, who was waiting for Xiao Rui's food and daily life, had been frowning and thinking. Seeing Xiao Rui's dilemma, she couldn't help but remind her: "Brother Rui, you may not be able to raise new horses. To the north of Youzhou is Khitan, and further north is Khitan. The Shiwei tribe, the Mohe tribe to the east of the Khitan, and the Turkic territory to the west of the Khitan. These tribes all make a living by raising horses. Except for the Turks, we can buy horses from other tribes, right?"
"Brother Rui, aren't you the best at making money? Maybe spending money to buy war horses will be faster than cultivating pastures to raise horses."
Buy a war horse? Xiao Rui's eyes lit up, "Yes, I have to be the bute and the wen yangma?" Who said, when did I, Xiao Rui, go by the steps?
Overjoyed, she couldn't help but hugged Wei Yanran's forehead and kissed her, "Great, Yan'er, you have a good idea. You don't have to raise a war horse. Maybe you can..."
Wei Yanran only thought about normal transactions, but Xiao Rui was a lawless person. With such a reminder, he wanted to rob those tribes. The Tang Dynasty couldn't defeat the Turks, so how could it defeat a few of your small tribes?
But this idea was immediately suppressed by Chai Shao. He could buy it with money, but he couldn't start a war. The Tang Dynasty was recuperating and couldn't stand the trouble. Moreover, those few small tribes are just outsiders. Now that the Turks are powerful, they all surrender to the Turks and pretend to be powerful. If we really fight, Jieli's cavalry will come to help immediately, and it will be difficult to fight.
"Well, then we can only slow down and find ways to make money to buy it. But if you think about it with your toes, no one is willing to sell a good war horse, let alone buy some war horses with good pedigree."
"Go to Anle County. It is the largest trading place in Youzhou. Countries such as Turks, Khitan, Shiwei, Mohe, Goguryeo, etc. all trade there. General Anle is a strong general who can fight, so there is no need to worry about safety. "
Titan? How tough? No matter how powerful you are, can you be as brave as me? I don’t need a strong man. How great would it be if I had a political wizard? Even if you are a business wizard. Xiao Rui has already understood the Anle environment. In fact, there are not many wars in the trading place. Instead, the business forces of all parties are constantly fighting without blood.
Do I still have to open a restaurant and make wine to make money? While riding the carriage to Anle County, Xiao Rui was thinking about ways to break the situation.
